GR
en 190
UNCLASSIFIED.
FM HONG KONG 1628517 OCT 79
HKK 243
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO/51 17 OCT 1979,
REGISTRY
PA
Acrich Taran
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1443 OF 16 OCTOBER,
INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING,
HANO!, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
ROUTINE : MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK,
THE HAGUE.
1.
76
MY TELMO.1435 (NOT TO THE HAGUE): VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 2900 ON 16 OCTOBER (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS) :
2.
A
UNDER UNHCR CARE
38,249 (36,814)
B.
#
GOVERNMENT CAMPS AND QUARANTINE
ANCHORAGE,
26,471 (28,397)
64,711 (65,211).
THE
C. TOTAL
72,853 (72,803) REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. INCREASE OF 52 (293) SINCE 9 OCTOBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 1 (3) SMALL BOAT.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 13,831 (13,270) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 79 AND SINCE 9 OCTOBER 79 THE FIGURE IS 561 (336). 897 REFUGEES HAVE
BEEN RESETTLED SINCE 1 OCTOBER,
A DUTCH SHIP,